[ who IS emet-selch and is he okay ]

[recrowns]

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[recrowns]

It's an interesting group that the Realm has brought together, isn't it?

Though I've enjoyed meeting everyone, it's not as though we're particularly qualified to be solving mysteries such as these...

[arkitect]

'Interesting' is certainly a word for it. Exhausting is another-- I do not know where some of them get their boundless energy. It has been a very long time since I was young myself, however.

[recrowns]

[i

he's laughing i'm sorry]

... you sound like such an esteemed elder, Emet-Selch....

[arkitect]

[he just sighs a breath out through his nose, waves a hand almost dismissively.]

Am I not, in comparison to the rest of you?

[recrowns]

Perhaps you are!

[he smiles at that]

But I just find it a bit funny, I suppose.

[arkitect]

It isn't as though it should be unexpected, I would think.

[but he doesn't sound as exasperated as he could.]

[recrowns]

No, it isn't.

[and he'll admit that]

But I suppose during our talks, it never occurred to me that I should be speaking to you like a revered elder.... Should I adjust my speaking to be more formal?

[arkitect]

At this point, I do believe it to be unnecessary.

[a slight hum, and- well. he may as well say this more often, perhaps it will get some of the others to stop appending suffixes to his name.

if he's already told soo-won this then my defense is it's late.]

'Emet-Selch' is a title in itself; that is formality enough.

[recrowns]

Oh!

.... do you have a true name?

[are you a FATE/ sir]

[arkitect]

I have a given name, yes... but it is traditional for members of the guiding Convocation to take the title of our seat as our own name, thus embodying our duty. My original name has not been used in quite some time.

[recrowns]

Would you be angry if I asked for it? And if I wanted to use it?

[arkitect]

I would not be angry, no, but for the time being-- I would not give it to you if you were to ask.

[it's more something earned, as far as he's concerned; it's a little early yet.]

[recrowns]

[well - at least soo-won doesn't seem bothered by that, laughing a bit]

Fair enough, I suppose. Archer and Ruler did guard theirs a bit...

[well

jeanne less so but]

I may ask a bit later then.

[arkitect]

I know naught of what they may have told you of their own, but I will say mine is something of a different case.

[with a slight wave of a hand, though:]

You may ask. I will make you no promises about the future.

[recrowns]

Oh....?

Is there a reason why you keep your name so hidden? Personal preference?

[arkitect]

You could say so, yes. There are but two people living who know of it.

[recrowns]

Oh.

Are either of them here?

[arkitect]

No, they are not.

[the name is hard mode, essentially.]

[recrowns]

Not even Archer...

[soo-won]

[arkitect]

-what, had you expected him to know?

[just. arching a brow.]

[recrowns]

You seem to get along well, despite your differing views. I'd thought that perhaps you'd be more likely to divulge your name to someone who you believe has a similar amount of living experience to you.

[arkitect]

We all have things we would rather keep to ourselves, even in such cases.

[recrowns]

I suppose that's true. We've all only known each other a relatively short of time, after all.

[arkitect]

And to those with our lifespans, I am sure you can imagine just how short a few weeks can truly be.

[recrowns]

Perhaps so....

But do you think that therefore those weeks don't have meaning?